We all know that what Kenny is trying to do here is to give as many games as possible to Adam, Henderson and Andy in the hope that they'll come good, and we take it that he's stubborn but, but he really has got no choice in view of such a big outlay for these players, he has to make it work. But Kenny can't continue to do that as it's counter-effective and counter productive. We're already 3/4 into the season and seen enough and Kenny has to admit and also the reality is, these players are simply not good enough, they should be gelling with the rest and stamping their mark by now and tormenting defences. I believe the problem started the moment we were too gung-ho buying British players. I'm not saying they're bad but they're at best average players.
No point for Kenny to come out and say that he's dissapointed time and again, he has said that one too many times already and it is not as if after 20 games we had a shocker of a game, but it is almost like every other game. Results doesn't lie and it only point to 2 things, he has got an ineffective squad (mainly the midfield) and/or tactics, both that he has full control of. I will still continue to support Kenny and I don't expect him to win everything that is to be won in the first season. He has got the League Cup which I won't easily forget. But he has to bite the bullet and own up and do the right thing, that is to revamp the midfield that has no creativity and defensive qualities and it is really awful to watch. It is not giving the defence any cover and it is not creating anything either at the opposite goal.
By the way I noticed that Suarez is playing as a lone striker and expected to take on the whole Sunderland defence, what's happening to our tactics. Since, we already know that we'll always caught out by a sucker punch why don't throw everything at them from kitchen sinks to toilet bowls, at least loosing 3-2 or drawing 2-2 is more satisfying than a dull and frustrating 0-1 loss.
If I were Kenny, I'd cut losses, off load these average players and recoup maybe say 25 mil, off load further players that we don't need and hopefully get near to 35 mill, owners pump in a bit of funds and we should be able to get it to 50 mil and get at least 2 quality players in and promote some players from the reserve as squad players, they deserve a chance. We will still not win the league next season but at least it gives us a better chance of finishing in the top four. The season after next we get another 2 or 3 quality players in and we'll be serious contender for the top 4 and perhaps the title comes 2014 season, that only if we start to do our damage repair from this very moment.
Just take a look at the scoring records of our midfileders, not sure how many they have scored so far but averaging a goal in 6 games they should be getting at least 5 goals each but how many have they got so far? I'm sure it's not even near to that and penalty kicks doesn't count, that clearly shows the quality of our midfield. Aquilani would have knocked in a few more I believe.
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